Fertility & birth rates in Australia and Israel

Fertility rate in Australia vs Israel chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Australia was 1.5 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.85 in Israel in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Australia vs Israel population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Australia	Israel
1960	3.45	3.87
1961	3.54	3.86
1962	3.44	3.85
1963	3.33	3.84
1964	3.15	3.83
1965	2.98	3.81
1966	2.88	3.8
1967	2.85	3.79
1968	2.89	3.79
1969	2.89	3.78
1970	2.86	3.78
1971	2.96	3.77
1972	2.74	3.77
1973	2.49	3.7
1974	2.4	3.63
1975	2.15	3.55
1976	2.06	3.48
1977	2.01	3.41
1978	1.95	3.35
1979	1.91	3.3
1980	1.89	3.24
1981	1.94	3.19
1982	1.93	3.13
1983	1.92	3.11
1984	1.84	3.08
1985	1.92	3.06
1986	1.87	3.03
1987	1.85	3.01
1988	1.83	2.95
1989	1.84	2.89
1990	1.9	2.82
1991	1.85	2.76
1992	1.89	2.7
1993	1.86	2.8
1994	1.84	2.9
1995	1.82	2.9
1996	1.8	2.9
1997	1.78	2.94
1998	1.76	2.98
1999	1.76	2.97
2000	1.76	2.95
2001	1.74	2.92
2002	1.76	2.89
2003	1.75	2.95
2004	1.77	2.9
2005	1.81	2.84
2006	1.91	2.88
2007	1.96	2.9
2008	1.98	2.96
2009	1.97	2.96
2010	1.93	3.03
2011	1.93	2.98
2012	1.92	3.05
2013	1.86	3.03
2014	1.83	3.08
2015	1.81	3.09
2016	1.75	3.11
2017	1.74	3.11
2018	1.74	3.09
2019	1.66	3.01
2020	1.58	2.9
2021	1.7	3
2022	1.63	2.89
2023	1.5	2.85
2024	1.5	2.8
2025	1.5	2.77
2026	1.5	2.75
2027	1.5	2.72
2028	1.51	2.7
2029	1.5	2.67
2030	1.51	2.66
2031	1.5	2.64
2032	1.5	2.63
2033	1.5	2.6
2034	1.5	2.58
2035	1.5	2.56
2036	1.5	2.55
2037	1.5	2.53
2038	1.5	2.51
2039	1.5	2.49
2040	1.5	2.47
2041	1.5	2.46
2042	1.5	2.44
2043	1.5	2.42
2044	1.5	2.41
2045	1.5	2.39
2046	1.5	2.38
2047	1.5	2.36
2048	1.5	2.35
2049	1.5	2.34
2050	1.5	2.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Australia	Israel
1960	30.2%	35.2%
1961	30.2%	34.9%
1962	30.1%	34.8%
1963	29.9%	34.9%
1964	29.8%	34.8%
1965	29.6%	34.6%
1966	29.5%	34.4%
1967	29.3%	34.1%
1968	29.1%	33.8%
1969	28.9%	33.5%
1970	28.8%	33.2%
1971	28.7%	32.9%
1972	28.5%	32.7%
1973	28.2%	32.6%
1974	27.9%	32.7%
1975	27.5%	32.7%
1976	27%	32.8%
1977	26.5%	32.9%
1978	26.1%	33%
1979	25.6%	33%
1980	25.3%	32.9%
1981	25%	32.8%
1982	24.7%	32.7%
1983	24.4%	32.7%
1984	24%	32.6%
1985	23.6%	32.5%
1986	23.1%	32.3%
1987	22.7%	32.1%
1988	22.4%	31.9%
1989	22.2%	31.7%
1990	22%	31.3%
1991	21.9%	30.7%
1992	21.8%	30.3%
1993	21.7%	30%
1994	21.7%	29.8%
1995	21.5%	29.6%
1996	21.4%	29.3%
1997	21.2%	29%
1998	21.1%	28.8%
1999	20.9%	28.5%
2000	20.8%	28.3%
2001	20.6%	28.1%
2002	20.4%	28%
2003	20.2%	27.9%
2004	20%	27.9%
2005	19.8%	27.9%
2006	19.6%	27.8%
2007	19.4%	27.8%
2008	19.3%	27.8%
2009	19.2%	27.9%
2010	19.1%	28%
2011	19%	28.1%
2012	18.9%	28.1%
2013	18.9%	28.2%
2014	18.9%	28.2%
2015	18.9%	28.2%
2016	18.9%	28.3%
2017	18.8%	28.2%
2018	18.8%	28.2%
2019	18.7%	28.1%
2020	18.6%	28%
2021	18.4%	27.9%
2022	18.2%	27.8%
2023	18%	27.6%
2024	17.8%	27.4%
2025	17.7%	27.2%
2026	17.5%	26.9%
2027	17.4%	26.6%
2028	17.2%	26.4%
2029	17%	26.1%
2030	16.9%	25.8%
2031	16.7%	25.5%
2032	16.6%	25.2%
2033	16.5%	25%
2034	16.4%	24.7%
2035	16.3%	24.6%
2036	16.2%	24.4%
2037	16.1%	24.2%
2038	16%	24.1%
2039	15.9%	24%
2040	15.9%	24%
2041	15.8%	23.9%
2042	15.8%	23.9%
2043	15.7%	23.8%
2044	15.7%	23.8%
2045	15.7%	23.8%
2046	15.7%	23.8%
2047	15.7%	23.7%
2048	15.7%	23.7%
2049	15.7%	23.6%
2050	15.7%	23.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Australia and 27.4% in Israel in 2024, compared to 22% and 31.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Australia and Israel compared.

Natural population change in Australia vs Israel by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.56% in Australia and +1.5% in Israel. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Australia	Israel
1960	141,816	44,818
1961	150,955	42,170
1962	143,943	43,337
1963	140,161	44,964
1964	128,420	48,015
1965	122,990	49,979
1966	126,996	50,477
1967	126,249	47,488
1968	132,099	51,014
1969	143,477	53,800
1970	145,081	56,506
1971	165,593	64,449
1972	155,488	62,960
1973	136,476	65,560
1974	128,996	68,891
1975	123,648	70,828
1976	115,070	74,899
1977	117,793	70,092
1978	116,299	67,158
1979	116,112	68,148
1980	117,536	68,253
1981	125,356	67,647
1982	126,030	68,931
1983	130,844	70,196
1984	123,077	70,703
1985	143,674	71,538
1986	123,342	70,073
1987	128,484	69,904
1988	127,298	71,072
1989	127,789	68,674
1990	143,347	71,764
1991	138,273	73,740
1992	139,829	77,357
1993	137,551	77,337
1994	131,761	79,365
1995	131,436	82,066
1996	125,751	86,518
1997	121,592	88,707
1998	120,949	93,744
1999	118,517	94,325
2000	119,882	98,737
2001	117,575	99,160
2002	116,971	101,178
2003	118,325	106,366
2004	115,610	106,901
2005	129,132	105,338
2006	132,931	109,332
2007	154,124	111,292
2008	155,119	117,672
2009	160,518	122,015
2010	158,628	126,552
2011	156,380	125,030
2012	161,408	128,941
2013	159,584	129,758
2014	154,940	133,916
2015	150,041	134,082
2016	152,403	136,736
2017	150,015	138,541
2018	157,269	140,348
2019	136,808	135,810
2020	133,376	128,089
2021	138,701	134,011
2022	111,862	129,982
2023	103,945	131,977

Maternal mortality chart: Australia vs Israel

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 2 deaths per 100,000 live births in Australia, compared to 2 deaths in Israel.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Australia	Israel
1985	9	36
1986	8	36
1987	9	30
1988	9	31
1989	9	30
1990	9	29
1991	9	28
1992	9	27
1993	9	25
1994	9	24
1995	9	22
1996	8	20
1997	8	17
1998	7	14
1999	7	11
2000	7	9
2001	6	7
2002	6	7
2003	5	5
2004	5	5
2005	5	4
2006	5	4
2007	5	4
2008	5	4
2009	5	4
2010	5	3
2011	6	3
2012	6	3
2013	6	3
2014	6	3
2015	6	3
2016	6	3
2017	6	3
2018	5	3
2019	5	3
2020	5	3
2021	4	3
2022	4	3
2023	2	2

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Australia and 0.34% in Israel. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Australia	Israel
1960	2.49%	4.71%
1961	2.43%	4.48%
1962	2.37%	4.26%
1963	2.32%	4.06%
1964	2.27%	3.86%
1965	2.24%	3.68%
1966	2.21%	3.52%
1967	2.2%	3.36%
1968	2.19%	3.23%
1969	2.18%	3.11%
1970	2.15%	3.01%
1971	2.1%	2.91%
1972	2.03%	2.82%
1973	1.94%	2.72%
1974	1.84%	2.61%
1975	1.73%	2.48%
1976	1.62%	2.33%
1977	1.52%	2.19%
1978	1.44%	2.05%
1979	1.36%	1.93%
1980	1.3%	1.82%
1981	1.26%	1.74%
1982	1.22%	1.66%
1983	1.19%	1.59%
1984	1.16%	1.51%
1985	1.13%	1.44%
1986	1.1%	1.37%
1987	1.06%	1.31%
1988	1.02%	1.26%
1989	0.97%	1.21%
1990	0.92%	1.15%
1991	0.87%	1.1%
1992	0.82%	1.04%
1993	0.77%	0.98%
1994	0.73%	0.92%
1995	0.7%	0.87%
1996	0.68%	0.82%
1997	0.66%	0.78%
1998	0.64%	0.75%
1999	0.63%	0.72%
2000	0.62%	0.69%
2001	0.61%	0.66%
2002	0.6%	0.63%
2003	0.59%	0.61%
2004	0.58%	0.58%
2005	0.57%	0.56%
2006	0.56%	0.53%
2007	0.54%	0.51%
2008	0.52%	0.49%
2009	0.5%	0.47%
2010	0.48%	0.46%
2011	0.45%	0.44%
2012	0.43%	0.43%
2013	0.41%	0.41%
2014	0.4%	0.4%
2015	0.39%	0.39%
2016	0.38%	0.38%
2017	0.38%	0.37%
2018	0.38%	0.37%
2019	0.38%	0.36%
2020	0.38%	0.35%
2021	0.37%	0.35%
2022	0.37%	0.34%
2023	0.37%	0.34%